Ventilated Toilet System

ABSTRACT

A ventilated toilet system for removing odors from a toilet includes a toilet that has a bowl. A ventilation unit is fluidly coupled to the toilet and the ventilation unit is in fluid communication with a vent. The ventilation unit selectively urges air from the bowl outwardly through the vent. In this way the ventilation unit removes odors from the bowl associated with defecation and urination.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to ventilation devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new ventilation device for removing odorsfrom a toilet.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a toilet that has a bowl. A ventilation unit isfluidly coupled to the toilet and the ventilation unit is in fluidcommunication with a vent. The ventilation unit selectively urges airfrom the bowl outwardly through the vent. In this way the ventilationunit removes odors from the bowl associated with defecation andurination.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ventilated toilet system according toan embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2 of anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3 of anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a perspective phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view taken from circle 6 of FIG. 5 of anembodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through6 thereof, a new ventilation device embodying the principles andconcepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated bythe reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the ventilated toilet system28 10 generally comprises a toilet 12 that has a bowl 14, a fluidchamber 16, a flush valve 18 and a fluid fill line 20. The toilet 12 ispositioned in a bathroom or the like. The toilet may 12 be a tanklesscommercial toilet, a residential toilet or any other type of toiletplumbed to a sewer system. The fluid fill line 20 is fluidly coupled toa fluid source 21 and the fluid source may be a plumbing system in thebathroom. The fluid fill line 20 is fluidly coupled to the flush valve18 to fill the toilet 12 with a fluid when the toilet 12 is flushed. Thefluid may be water and the flush valve 18 is selectively positioned in aclosed position and an open position.

The bowl 14 has a bounding wall 22 that separates the bowl 14 from thefluid chamber 16. The bounding wall 22 has a plurality of fluidapertures 24 and the plurality of fluid apertures 24 extends into thefluid chamber 16. The flush valve 18 is in fluid communication with thefluid chamber 16 to route the fluid through the fluid chamber 16,outwardly through each of the fluid apertures 24 and into the bowl 14when the toilet 12 is flushed.

A ventilation unit 26 is provided and the ventilation unit 26 is fluidlycoupled to the toilet 12. The ventilation unit 26 is in fluidcommunication with a vent 28. The vent 28 may be an air vent in thestructure or the like. The ventilation unit 26 selectively urges airfrom the bowl 14 outwardly through the vent 28. In this way theventilation unit 26 removes odors from the bowl 14 associated withdefecation and urination.

The ventilation unit 26 comprises a fan 30 that is positioned adjacentto the toilet 12. The fan 30 is coupled to a support surface 32 and thesupport surface 32 may be a wall or the like. Additionally, the fan 30may be positioned behind an access door or the like. The fan 30 has anintake 34 and an exhaust 36. The exhaust 36 is fluidly coupled to thevent 28 thereby facilitating the fan 30 to urge air outwardly throughthe vent 28. The fan 30 may be an electric air fan or the like.

A suction line 38 is fluidly coupled between the fluid chamber 16 andthe intake 34 on the fan 30. The fan 30 urges the air from the bowl 14outwardly through the vent 28 when the toilet 12 is flushed. In this waythe fan 30 removes the odors from the bowl 14 associated with defecationand urination. The fan 30 may be an electric fan or the like and the fan30 may be electrically coupled to a power source.

The fluid fill line 20 is structured to include a plumbing trap 40. Theplumbing trap 40 may be a P trap, an S trap or any other conventionalplumbing trap 40. The plumbing trap 40 is fluidly coupled to the suctionline 38 upstream of the fluid chamber 16. The plumbing trap 40 is filledwith the fluid when the fluid chamber 16 is filled with the fluidresulting from the toilet 12 being flushed. In this way the plumbingtrap 40 inhibits fluid communication between the suction line 38 and theflush valve 18.

A damper 42 is provided and the damper 42 is coupled to the exhaust 36of the fan 30. The damper 42 is selectively urged into an open positionwhen the toilet 12 is flushed. Thus, the damper 42 passes air throughthe damper 42 to the vent 28. The damper 42 is biased into a closedposition when the plumbing trap 40 is filled with the fluid. In this waythe damper 42 inhibits air from passing between the vent 28 and thetoilet 12.

In use, the fluid line fills the toilet 12 and the plumbing trap 40 withthe fluid. The toilet 12 is selectively flushed to open the flush valve18. Thus, the fluid is drained from the plumbing trap 40 and the toilet12. The fan 30 urges air inwardly through each of the fluid apertures 24and outwardly through the vent 28 when the toilet 12 is flushed. In thisway the fan 30 removes odors from the bowl 14 when the toilet 12 isflushed. Moreover, the fan 30 continuously urges air inwardly througheach of the fluid apertures 24 and outwardly through the vent 28 unituntil the plumbing trap 40 is filled with the fluid. The damper 42 isbiased into the closed position when the plumbing trap 40 is filled withthe fluid.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

1. A ventilated toilet system comprising: a wall; a toilet having abowl, said toilet being positioned adjacent to said wall; a ventilationunit being fluidly coupled to said toilet, said ventilation unit beingconfigured to be in fluid communication with a vent, said ventilationunit selectively urging air from said bowl outwardly through the ventthereby facilitating said ventilation unit to remove odors from saidbowl associated with defecation and urination, said ventilation unitincluding a fan being positioned within said wall adjacent to saidtoilet, said fan having an intake and an exhaust, said exhaust beingconfigured to be fluidly coupled to the vent thereby facilitating saidfan to urge air outwardly through said vent; and an access door coupledto said wall, said access door covering said fan wherein said fan isaccessible from adjacent to said toilet when said access door is opened.2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said toilet includes a flushvalve, a fluid chamber and a fluid fill line, said fluid fill line beingconfigured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source, said fluid fill linebeing fluidly coupled to said fluid chamber such that said fluid fillline fills said toilet with a fluid when said toilet is flushed, saidflush valve being selectively positioned in a closed position and anopen position, said flush valve being in fluid communication with saidbowl.
 3. (canceled)
 4. The system according to claim 3, furthercomprising: said toilet having a fluid chamber; and a suction line beingfluidly coupled between fluid chamber and said intake on said fanwherein said fan is configured to urge the air from said bowl outwardlythrough the vent when said toilet is flushed thereby facilitating saidfan to remove the odors from said bowl associated with defecation andurination.
 5. The system according to claim 4, further comprising adamper being coupled to said exhaust, said damper being selectivelyurged into an open position when said toilet is flushed wherein saiddamper is configured to facilitate air to pass through said damper tothe vent.
 6. The system according to claim 5, wherein said damper isbiased into a closed position when said toilet is filled with a fluidwherein said damper is configured to inhibit air from passing from thevent into said toilet.
 7. A ventilated toilet system comprising: a wall;a toilet, said toilet being positioned adjacent to said wall, saidtoilet having a bowl, a fluid chamber, a flush valve and a fluid fillline, said bowl being in fluid communication with said fluid chamber,said fluid fill line being configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluidsource, said fluid fill line being fluidly coupled to said fluid chambersuch that said fluid fill line fills said toilet with a fluid when saidtoilet is flushed, said flush valve being selectively positioned in aclosed position and an open position, said flush valve being in fluidcommunication with said fluid chamber; a ventilation unit being fluidlycoupled to said toilet, said ventilation unit being configured to be influid communication with a vent, said ventilation unit being in fluidcommunication with said fluid chamber, said ventilation unit selectivelyurging air from said bowl outwardly through the vent therebyfacilitating said ventilation unit to remove odors from said bowlassociated with defecation and urination, said ventilation unitcomprising: a fan being positioned within said wall adjacent to saidtoilet, said fan having an intake and an exhaust, said exhaust beingconfigured to be fluidly coupled to the vent thereby facilitating saidfan to urge air outwardly through said vent; a suction line beingfluidly coupled between said fluid chamber and said intake on said fanwherein said fan is configured to urge the air from said bowl outwardlythrough the vent when said toilet is flushed thereby facilitating saidfan to remove the odors from said bowl associated with defecation andurination; and a damper being coupled to said exhaust, said damper beingselectively urged into an open position when said toilet is flushedwherein said damper is configured to facilitate air to pass through saiddamper to the vent, said damper being biased into a closed position whensaid toilet is filled with the fluid wherein said damper is configuredto inhibit air from passing from the vent into said toilet; and anaccess door coupled to said wall, said access door covering said fanwherein said fan is accessible from adjacent to said toilet when saidaccess door is opened.